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Article #5356Re: "invention" of silent reading (McLuhan)
From: LEE Sau Dan
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 21:16
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 21:16
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>>>>> "Torsten" == Torsten Poulin <t_usenet_drop@hotmail.com> writes:
Torsten> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>> Does Danish use spacing for emphasis, as in German? (German
>> uses "gesperrt" rather than "kursiv.")
Torsten> It used to, but you hardly ever see it anymore. The
Torsten> Danish term is "spatiering" or "sp+AOY-rre(de typer)". Back
Torsten> when Danish was typeset using fraktur (or whatever; they
Torsten> seem simply to have been referred to as Danish letters),
Torsten> it was the standard way of indicating emphasis. In those
Torsten> days, it was also common to typeset certain Latin words+ALk-
Torsten> in a roman typeface, much in the same way italics are
Torsten> sometimes used in English.
Now, I'm interested to know which languages used to use the Gothic
(including fraktur) typefaces. I know German used it until Hitler put
a ban on it, because Hitler thinks the Gothic typefaces resemble
Hebrew (printed form). What a shame!
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